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EEA?. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 19 11.

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Specification o Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, i911.

Patented rre-r. 5, wie.

Serial No. Gl.

To all whom if may concern:

Bc it known that l, ANDREW PAULL, a citizen o i the United States of America, residing Seward, in the county ot' W est1norelend `and Ste-tc or lennsylvania, have invented certain useful improvements in Tre-ps of which the following is a specil reference being1 had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This ,invention relates to traps especially designed for rodents and for use in buildings., Wharves and other structures infested with rodents.

object olf my invention is to provide e trsp having a series of passages provided Withftiitable platforms that eventually entra-p rodent in a receptacle or housing designed for that purpose.

My invention aims to provide e trap con sisin'g of e niain housinghaving branches that permit ci: more than one rodententeringtiie trep at e time. The b anch housings ere provided with tiltable platforms and closures that prevent a rodent from escaping after having entered one of the branch housl ninclosed bridge permits otarodent passing 'troni one ot the branch housingsto the main lfiousingi ipiwhichlthe rodent is precipitated 4and prevented from escaping. j

The invention further aims to vprovide ,lt trap With darkpassages that will ent-ice e rodent into the various parts ofthe trap, v ithout the nature of such passages being disclosed until the that escape is impossible. f

The invention further, aims to accomplish the above results by a -combination of elenients that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 'i is i, L)ect-ive view ot the trap. Fig. 2 is a sideelemtion or' the branch hous ings with one of said housings partly broken away and partly in section. Fig. 3 yis a longitudinal sectional View of the trap. Fig. 4 is a plan of the branch housings partly brokenaway and partly in section.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional View of4 one of the branch housings. Fig. (l is un end View of the main housing; and Fic'. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional View of the same.

`The branch housings comprise inclined bottoni plates 1 having the upper ends there-4 roden't is in such position the walls o and fiin providing` inclined lon-- gitudinal passages il. The partitions 7 alre of a less length than the top plates 5, there,- by providing" openingsy 9. Arranged transversely ot said openings, adjacent to the ends of the partition 7, are roch shafts l0, said shafts being journaled in the'wells 3 and liionntcd upon the shafts 10 within `the openings 9 closures ll having the under sides thereof provided with prongs l2. The Pvoted end l each closure has a biturcatcd arln 13 pivotaiy connected by a link l/land a pin 15 to :t iulcrumed erin i6, carried by a bearing 17 mounted in partitionI 7. The erin lo extends through an opening 18 provided therefor in the 'wall 4l and is pivotal ly connected by a pin 1.9, a linlr 20 and a. pin 2l to a rock lever 22. The rock lever 22 is pivotally mounted upon a stub pin 23 carried by the wall The outer end of the rock lever 22 is bifurcatcd und pivotally connected by a pin 24;Y and a link 25 to the bifurcated endQG of e crank 27. This crank is mounted upon the protruding end of a shaft 28 journaled` in the Walls 3 and 4. Mounted upon the shaft ivithin the passage'S is a tiltable piettormf) having an outer inclined end 30.

The confronting ends ot' the partition 7 and the walls and d of the branch housings provide s central chamber 3l having a box 3G having a detachable lid or cover 37V retained in engagement with the box 3G by hooks 38 and staples 39, carried by the box' and lid, respectively. The lid 37 has the ends thereof7 adjacent to the top thereof:

are cut away, as4

f; 37, and from this pletorrn the provided with rectangular openings Il0 and 41, the latter being closed by bars 42. The end Walls of the lid 37 are connected by a longitudinal partition 43 of less depth than the side Walls of the lid 37, said partition being located at one side of the openings 40 and 4l.

Revolubly mounted between the end walls ot the lid 57 is a longitudinal paddle Wheel having paddles 4d, 45, 4G and elf?. The pad dles 44 and 45 cooperate' Witl the partition i3 and the top ,of the lid 37 in providing a lmigitudinal passage, and the lower edge of the paddle 46 is Weighted, as at 4S, to normally maintain the paddles la and at right angles to the top oi the lid 37 and the partition d3. he paddle Wheel is limited in its movement by a longitudinal rod 4:9 connecting the end walls of the lid 37, The paddle e engaging said rod limits the movement of the Wheel in one direction and the paddle l? engaging said rod limits the movement of the Wheel in the opposite direction.

The lid has a horizontal longitudinal partition 50 with the cdgeot said partition at the Weighted edge of the paddle fit), thereby providing an open space in the lid 37 between the paddles l5 and 4S. Tiltably mounted in this Space is a platform consisting oi' a. rectangular trame 5i having transverse bars T he frame 5l has one edge thereo'tn` Weighted, as at 53, and said 'trame is provided v: u central lo .inal partition :31 adapted to a lcngitudinal rod 55, ea fied by the end walls ot the lid and limit the tilting movement of the platform in one direction.

The opening 40 in the end Wall of the lid 37 is iianged, as at 5G, and connecting this flanged opening and the opening 34 of the branch housings is an inclined and closed bridge 57, having the ends thereof fitted in the openings 34 and 56.

A suitable bait can be located in the chamberl and when a rodent enters the passage 8 upon the tiltable platform 29, the inner end of the platform is lowered by the weight of a rodents body. The tilting movement of the plat-torni :'29 actuates the elements 28, 27, 22, 20, ,lf/l1, 13 and l1, placing the closure l1 in a 4 d position,

leweA thereby retaining the rodent within the passage 8. The prongs l2 prevent the ro dent from attempting to raise the closure 1l. The rodent cannot enter the chamber 3l and escape through adjoining branch housings, consequently, the bridge 57 is the only outlet for the rodent. When the rodent passes through the opening 40 at the upper end of the bridge on to the paddle e5, the paddle wheel is rotated by the weight o; the rodent and deposits the rodent on to the tiltable platorm in the lid rodent is precipitated into the box 36 and is entrapped. The paddle Wheel and the tiltable platform immediately assume their normal position and this is also true in connection with the platform 29, When the inner end ,f thereof is released of the Weight of a ro. dents body. The platiorm 29 is balanced to a nicety, whereby, immediately upon the rodent-s body resting upon the inner end of the platform, said platform is tilted and the closure 11 lowered.

The opening 41 in the end Wall of thelid 3T encourages a rodent to enter the lid 37 of' the box, and'after the rodent has been deposited in the box the box can be discon nected from the bridge' 57 and carried to a suitable place Where the 'rodent can be exterminated.

To provide clearance for a movement of each of the fulcrumed tirms 16, the top plates 5 of the branch housings are provided with openings 58.

' lt is thought that the operation and utility of the trap will be apparent Without further description, and'I would have it under- I stood that the Astructural elements herein disclosed can be varied or changed without departing from the scope of thev appended claims.

pair of oppositely disposed branch housings coinmunicating with each other at their in-v ner end, an inclined bridge for establishing communication between. said branch housings and said main housing, a partition in each of sai" branch housings, a platform mounted in each of said branch housings and having its outer portion disposed atan inclination with respect to its inner portion, a movable pivot for each ofvsaid platforms, a closure\p1votally connected in each of said branch housings and in 'proximity to said partition, arranged over a portion of a plat- Jform and provided With means supported by each of said partitions and extending from a branch housing and Connected to a elosure'lfor shifting it, the operative connections between said means and the movable pivots of said platforms for operating said means when the platforms are tilted whereby said closures will .be shifted to close the branch housings when the, inner portions of the platforms are lowered.

2. A. trap comprising a main housing, a pair of oppositely disposed branch housings conununicating with each other at their inconununication between said branch hous-V ings and said mam housings, a partition in L said branch housings, ay platform each or mounted in each of said branch housings depending prongs,

uer end, an inclined bridge tor establishing 'es l. A trap comprismg a main houslng, a y

- of said partitions and extending from the branchhousing and connected to the closure forl shifting it, operative connections b'etween said means and the movable pivots of,

said platforms for operating said means when the platforms are tilted whereby said closures will be shifted to close the branch housings when the innerA portions of the platforms are lowered, a lid for said main housing, a longitudinally extending paddle wheel within said lid, and a tiltable platform arranged within said lidV and coperating with said paddle wheel for entrapping rodents in the bottom'of said main housing. .y 'n

3. A trap comprising a main housing, a detachable lid carried thereby, a pair of oppositely disposed branch housings, an inclined detachable bridge for establishing communication between the inner ends of lsaid'branch housings and said lid, a tilt-able .platform arranged in each of said branch housings and having a movable pivot journaled 1n the side wall of its respective branch housmg, eachy of said platforms 1ncluding an outer portion disposed at `an inclination with respect to its inner port-ion, a closure arranged within each of the branch housings above said platform and capable of i being shifted to closed position when the inner portion of the platform is moved down@ wardly, downwardly depending prongs carred by said closures, operative connections between said pivots and said closures for operating these latter simultaneously with the tilting of said platforms, and means Within the lid of the mainhousing forentrapping rodents in the bottom of the main houslng. v p

'4.,A trap comprisin a main housing, a detachable lid carried t ereby, a pair of oppositely disposed branch housings, an inclined detachable bridge for establishing communication between the inner ends of said branch housings and said lid, a tiltable platform arranged in each of said branch housings and having a movable pivot journaled 1n the side wall of its respective 4branch housing, each of said plat-forms in# cluding an outer portion disposed at an ini 'clination with respect to its inner portion,

a closure arranged within each of the branch housings abovesaid platform and capable of being shifted to closed osition when the inner port-ion of the p atform is moved downwardly, downwardly depending prongs carried by said closures, operative connections between said pivots and said closures for operating these latter simultaneously' with the tilting of said platforms, a paddle wheel arranged within the lid of the main housing, and a tiltable platform within said lid and coperat-in with said tiltable wheel for ent-rapping r ents in the bottom of the main housing.

In testimony 'whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- ANDREW PAULL. l/Vitnesses:

MAX SRoLovrrz, CHRISTINA T. Hoon. 

